Combined resilient tire and mounting



APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I5, 1919.

Patented Sept. 28, 1921!,

Vc@- fluor/M450 GILBERT N. NIDENOFER, BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED RESELIENT TIRE AND VlVlOUl\l"J'.ING-.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 28, 1920.

Application filed September 15, 1919. Serial No. 323,713.

To a?! whom zi may concern.'

Be it 'known that l, GILBERT N. lViDnN- Horen, a eitizen of the United States, residing; at Butler, in the county of .Butlerv and 'improve upon devices of this character by section.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view, the section being taken along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. v

Fig. 3 is a sectional view, a portion of the tirebeingbroken oil, the section beingtalren along' the line 3--3 of Fig, 1. n

Referring to these drawings in detail in which similar reference characters correspond with similar parts throughout the several views, and in which the telly 1 and rim 2 may be of any ordinary or well known` construction,

a complete wheel and tire constructed according to this invention includes pair of bead-rings 3, a series of spacing bars or struts l, a series of bowed and looped wires 5, a series of annular wires 6, a series of seat members 7, a second series of seat members 8 and a series of securing bolts 9.

The rings 3 are preferably formed of spring steel, being circular in cross section (as shown), and provided with apertures 10 through which extend reduced portions 11, of the spacing bars 4, these reduced portions being formedwith heads at their outer ends to prevent spreadingor separating` of the rings 3. Therefore, these bead-rings are held` rigidly in spaced parallel relation to one another.

The wires 5 and 6 are preferably formed of spring,r steel and are interwoven and may be electrically welded at each crossing. Moreover, the looped end portions 12 oi' the wires 5 embrace the rings 3 at spaced intervals, and these loops are electrically welded or otherwise lined in their spaced relation on the rings 3.

. Each seat member 7 is preferably formed of rhannel beam, each of these members having flanges 13 at two opposite edges, these flanges providing shoulders between which an element 14 of the seat member 8 is conned so as to coperate with the bolt 9 in preventing movement of the member 8 with relation to the member 27. Moreover,

`extends across the and constitute seats for the adjacent parts of the wires 5. It will be understood, however, that only a comparatively Jfew ot the portions 12 are contiguous to or seated in n the grooves or seats 15, the majority of the elements 12 beingV supported solely by the rings 3. It will be seen, therefore, that the resiliency of the tire is not totally dependentl upon the intermeshi'ng wires 5 and 6, but that the rings or bead elements 3 also impart resiliency to the tire.

A number of the wires 5 have their loops, around the beads or rings 3, seated against opposite sides of the cross-bars 4, so that these cross-bars co-act with these loops and the 'contiguous seats to prevent circumferential shifting of the beads or rings through the lo'ops in case they are fixed to the beads by means less secure than electric welding.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that it is impossible'for a tire of this character to creep, and that the tread surface is inherently a non-skid device.

,ftlthoug'h I have described this embodiment or' my invention very specifically, it isl ment of'parts, but changes may be ymade within the scope of the inventiveideas asV implied and claimed.

f hat I claim as myV inventionA is 1. In a wheel structure, a pair of spaced- -ringsl constituting head elements, spacing means extending from one to thc'other of said rings and united therewith to hold .them in their s aced relation to one anotherl aresilient tire-structure includingl wires which are looped around the bead elements Y least VoneV oi the -loops of said wires and co-l act vtherewith tov prevent the contiguous Vbead element from shifting y circumferen-Y ftially, and a second setoi seat members each provided with a .depressed seat to receive at least one loop of the said wires and co-act therewith to prevent theV other bead ele- Y ment from shifting circumferentially, and

f'embracing eachv of thev bead elementsat spaced intervals, a fset f oi' seat-membersf meansto secure'the seat members of one set to those of-the other set in suchrelation that they co-actrto prevent lateral shitting Y of the bead elements. Y,

2. In a lwheel structure, a pair of bead elements, spacing `bars 'having their ends secured tothe bead elements vto hold them f p K tending through said apertures to secure said seat-members to one anotherk and to a properly spaced from one another, Wires, having loopsemb'racing the respective bead v elements, a setfo'f'seat membersa'dapted to extend-across the peripheryot a wheel-rim and support one offsaidbead elements on the wheel-rim, a second setY of seat members, and means to hold the second set n,of seat members in ren'iovableengageinent with the Vfirst said set of seat membersandvin position to support the other one of said bead elements.

3; In a wheel structure, a pair ofV bead elements, a series of wires havingportions adapted to Yfiton and extendaoross a wheel-` rim, each of these-seat-members having an" outwardly turned end portion and anl in- Wafdly turned portion, the lette" beine f wardly turned end-portion being formed with'spaced grooves in which are seated the Y respective contiguousl wire portions which embrace said bead elements, a second set ot seat'meinberS, each formed with grooves to receive the contiguous bead-embracing wire portions, each of said second'seat members having a portion confined between' the contiguous shoulders of one of vthe Vfirst said seat members and means tofsecure the seat and to a wheel-rim. c Y

4. In a Iwheel structure, a pair or bead elements, af series of wires having portions lmembers,oit-one set' tothose of the other set Yembracing each or" the 'bead elements at spaced :'iiitervals, a set 1 of seat-members adapted to it on and-,extend across a wheel- `rim, 'each otthese seat-members having an outwardly turned end portion and an inwardly turned portion, the latter being apertured and formed with spaced shoulders, the outwardly turned yend portion be! ing formed wlth'spaced grooves in which are seated-the respective contiguous wire portionswhich embrace said bead'eleinents, Y

a second set 'of seat members, eachhaving an aperture registering withthat of one ofv the first said seat-members, and bolts eX- 5. The structure definedVv by claim V1l, the loops of a number of said wires being seated Vagainst'said spacing means and coacting therewith andA with said seats to prevent circumferentialshifting ofv bead-ele-l ments. Y* Y Y Injtestiinony whereof I have hereunto .set my'hand-V f "Y GILBERT nfwrnnnnornn., f 

